# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-of-wales
# Generated: 2026-08-16T07:54:58.657Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerald-of-wales"
name: "Gerald of Wales"
slug: "gerald-of-wales"
description: "Gerald of Wales was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taught in France and visited Rome several times, meeting the Pope. He was nominated for several bishoprics but turned them down in the hope of becoming Bishop of St Davids, but was unsuccessful despite considerable support. His final post was as Archdeacon of Brecon, from which he retired to academic study for the remainder of his life."
tagline: "Medieval clergyman and historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St.David's_Cathedral_-_Dreieinigkeitskapelle_5_Giraldus_Cambrensis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1146"
deathDate: "1220"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.45051333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump